DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 170308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
R2: Magnus beats Loek twice
Today KingLoek experienced how strong Carlsen has become in such a short time: 2-0 for Magnus. Anand, Aronian, Ivanchuk and Kramnik won their minimatches 1?Ǭ?-?Ǭ?.Magnus' 23...Nxc3+ and 24...e4 was quite impressive for a blindfold game and in th...
[lang_en]First videos from Nice[/lang_en][lang_nl]Eerste video's uit Nice[/lang_en]
At the Amber tournament, both Macauley and me are making videos for the tournament website. Naturally, you can see them here at ChessVibes as well.
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 160308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
R1: Anand beats Kramnik
Although the Amber tournament is known as a friendly event, and there isn't a single rating point involved, the players did show great fighting spirit already in the first round. Anand won his mini match against Kramnik 1?Ǭ?-?Ǭ?.Two participants...
Opening Amber 2008
Yesterday night a cheerful and chique opening ceremony took place - as can be expected with a prestigious tournament like Amber. A photo report.Tournaments always try to organize a special way for the players to draw the lots. At this tournament, ...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 150308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Karpov in Chicago
Karpov visites Chicago http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=153714&src=109
Amber starts with Anand-Kramnik
ChessVibes has arrived in Nice, France. To be exact: Hotel Palais de la Mediterran?ɬ©e, where tomorrow the 17th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament starts. We'll be providing on-the-spot coverage throughout the tournament. Pairings first round: ...
Has the chess world gone crazy?
This Crazy World of Chess is the title of Grandmaster Larry Evans' new book. It is a collection of 101 entertaining dispatches from the back door of chess: fun, intrigues, bizarre anecdotes, scandals, great games, and high-level gossip. Inevit...
All information Melody Amber
The 17th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament is held from March 15 to March 27 (last round) at the five-star luxury Hotel Palais de la Mediterran, ideally situated at the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Twelve top grandmasters from te...
Strongest students also live in Russia
Chess is quite popular among students, which is not that surprising. Even less surprising is that Russian students are the strongest in the world. This was proved last week, at the World University Championship in Novokuznetsk, Siberia.The 10th Wo...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 140308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Big Release of Features, Bug Fixes, and Upgrades
We've been cranking away on cool new features, bug fixes, and improvements for the last several weeks and we are adding them all to the site today! Most of the improvements have come from YOUR suggestions and YOUR bug reports! Below is a list ...
Hannes, Hao & Yue win in Reykjavik
Wang Hao was joined by his compatriot Wang Yue, as well as the Icelandic GM Hannes Stefansson, in the final standings of the Reykjavik Open. We have videos of the Fischer Memorial (a rapid round-robin with Hort, Portisch, Olafsson and Benk?ɬ?).We...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 130308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 120308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Morelia/Linares 2008: photo report
OK, ChessVibes is known for its videos. But that doesn't mean we don't like photos. On the contrary. Once more: images from Linares. By clicking on one of the photos you wil go to the original, posted on Flickr. There we have a special page with a...
Schein-Friedman Awards Announced
The Schein - Friedman Scholastic Recognition Project is glad to announce its first year scholarship recipients.read more: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/8255/443/
Videos from the Bundesliga
This weekend the 10th and 11th round of the world's strongest club competition, the Bundesliga, have been played. We have results, games and, most importantly, video interviews!It's almost impossible for OSC Baden Baden not to win another national...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 110308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 100308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Tribute to Bobby Fischer Memorial simul
A Tribute to Bobby Fischer Memorial and simultaneous was held in Las Vegas on Sunday , March 9, the anniversary of Fischer's birthday March 9, 1943. Displays of key events of Fischer's life were on display for visitors, while an all day si...
Press conference Anand
Here's Vishy's press conference, which he gave after his last round game of Morelia/Linares 2008. Amongst other things he spoke about the tournament, about Magnus and about his upcoming match against Kramnik.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_la...